Wanted Suspect Taken into Custody After Standoff in Pike County

Matt Boster

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Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Feb 21 2018 11:27 AM

PIKE CO., AL (WSFA) -An attempted murder suspect has been taken into custody after a two-hour standoff in Pike County.

According to Pike County Sheriff Russell Thomas, the incident began on Wednesday around 7 a.m. when the United State Marshals Service attempted to serve a warrant at a home in Banks. The wanted suspect locked himself inside a home reportedly with a gun.

After a two-hour standoff between the suspect, the Pike County Sheriff’s Office, the Bullock County Sheriff’s Office and Marshals, the suspect was taken into custody.